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Frances Cleveland was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Her husband, Grover Cleveland, was the 22nd and 24th president. She was the youngest first lady in history.

(1864-1947). Because he was not married when he became the 22nd president of the United States in March 1885, Grover Cleveland asked his sister, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, to be White House hostess. In his second year in office, however, the 49-year-old president married Frances Folsom-a 21-year-old beauty who became the youngest first lady in United States history.